Girdle of deposited latex with detachable accessories



GIRDLE OF DEPOSITED LATEX WITH DETACHABLE ACCESSORIES Filed Sept. 1 1951United States Patent GIRDLE OF DEPOSITED LATEX WITH DETACHABLEACCESSORIES Stig E. Rosenberg, Brockton, Mass.

Application September 1, 1951, Serial No. 244,815

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-33) This invention relates to improvements in girdlesof deposited latex which are made by dipping a suitable form one or moretimes into a bath of prepared liquid latex having therein vulcanizingagents, accelerators, pigments, fillers, and other such addedingredients as may be desired. Girdles of this type are well known andin wide use. It may be desirable to have a girdle with a crotch pieceattached thereto or to have a girdle with garters attached thereto or tohave a girdle with both a crotch piece and a set of garters. Accordingto the present invention, such a girdle is provided with detachablependent accessories so that a single girdle may be worn by itself orwith a crotch piece or with garters or with both a crotch piece andgarters, the accessories being readily attachable to and detachable fromthe girdle itself. Since girdles of this type are easily torn, Ipreferably reinforce small areas of the lower margin of the girdle sothat detachable pendent accessories can be attached thereto withoutundue danger of tearing out the fastening elements when strain is put onthe pendent accessories. As hereinafter described, different kinds offastening means may be employed to secure such accessories detachably tothe girdle.

For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be hadto the following description of certain embodiments thereof and to thedrawing of which Figure l is a front elevation of a girdle having anumber of snap fastener elements mounted in the lower margin thereof;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, on a larger scale;

Figure 3 is an elevation of a garter having at its upper end a snapfastener element adapted to engage one of those mounted on the girdle;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a crotch piece having snap fastenerelements through its end portions adapted to engage complementaryelements on the girdle;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, on a larger scale;

Figure 6 is a front elevation of a girdle similar to that shown inFigure 1 except that horizontal slits are provided below the snapfastener elements;

Figure 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6, on a larger scale;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary front elevation of a girdle having a crotchpiece detachably secured thereto by snap fasteners;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary front elevation of a girdle having a crotchpiece and a set of garters detachably secured thereto by snap fasteners;

Figure 10 is a section on the line 10-10 of Figure 8, on a larger scale;

Figure 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of Figure 9, on a larger scale;

Figure 12 is a fragmentary section similar to Figure 11 but of amodified form of the invention;

Figure 13 is a fragmentary elevation of the lower portion of a dippedlatex girdle having patches secured to the lower margin of the girdlewith horizontal slits therethrough;

Figure 14 is an elevation of a dipping form for making girdles andaccessories;

Figure 15 is a fragmentary section on the line 15-45 of Figure 14;

Figure 16 is a perspective view of a garter having a toggle element atits upper end for securing it detachably to a girdle;

2,795,798 Patented Apr. 12, 1955 Figure 17 is a perspective view of areinforcing patch to be used with a girdle;

Figure 18 is a perspective view of a crotch piece having toggle elementsat its ends for detachably securing it to a girdle; and

Figure 19 is a fragmentary section of a girdle wall to which isdetachably secured a garter such as is shown in Figure 16.

A girdle 20 of deposited latex is shown in Figure 1, this girdle havinga suitable number of snap fastener elements 22 secured to the lowermargin of the girdle so as to be ready to engage and hold complementaryfastener elements which may be snapped thereon. As indicated in Figure2, each snap fastener element 22 extends through the wall of the girdle20. In order to prevent the fastener elements from being readily pulledout when they are stressed, a reinforcing patch 24 of textile fabric,plastic sheet material, or an equivalent is embedded in or secured: tothe wall of the girdle. If the form on which the model is made is dippedonce or twice before the application of reinforcing patches 24 thereto,subsequent dipping opera-;

flush with the inner surface of the girdle as hereinafter de-, I

scribed.

A garter 26 is shown in Figure 3, having at the upper end thereof afastener element 28, this element being complementary to the fastenerelements 22 shown in Figures 1 and 2. If the garter strip 26 is of latexsimilar to the material of which the girdle itself is made, it isadvisable to employ a reinforcing patch 30 as indicated in Figure 5,this patch being embedded in or permanently secured to a face of thestrip so that the fastener elements 28 can project therethrough. Thusindividual garters can be quickly attached to or detached from a girdleby means of the cooperating snap fastener elements 22 and 28.

Figure 4 shows a crotch piece 32 which is preferably of thin flexiblematerial and which is provided with snap fastener elements 28 in its endportions. If needed oi" desired, reinforcing patches 30 may be embeddedin or secured to a face of these end portions of the crotch piece so asto support the fastening elements 28 and prevent them from pulling out.

Figure 6 shows a girdle having horizontal slits 34 and 36 below the snapfastener elements 22. When attaching pendent accessories such as gartersof a crotch piece to this gridle, the ends may be passed through theslits 34 and 36 from within so that the end portions of the accessoriesextend up from the slits against the outer face of the girdle. The snapelements 28 then are snapped onto the elements 22 on the girdle asindicated in Figure 11. In order to strengthen the girdle at the slits34 and 36, the girdle may have lines of added thickness as indicated inFigure 7. To this end the form on which the girdle is made may beprovided with short horizontal fins projecting out therefrom. The latexis held by surface tension in the angles between these fins and the bodyof the form so as to form beads of extra thickness as indicated at 38 inFigure 7. If desired, the girdle may have one or more additional slitsparallel to the slits 34 and 36 so the pendent accessories can bethreaded through the wall of the girdle two or more times as indicatedin Figure 12.

Instead of the snap fasteners shown in Figures 1-12, I may employ atoggle type of fastening means which is simple, thin and effective. Asshown in Figure 16, a toggle element 40 may be secured to the end of agarter strip 42 in any suitable manner. For example, the toggle element40, which is made of any suitable thin material of sufficient rigidity,such as non-corrodible sheet metal, may be given two parallel cuts,the-band 42 between the lines being struck up from the plane of thetoggle element. The end of the garter strip 42 is thrust under the band43 which is thereupon pressed down to clamp Figure 1 shows patches andfastener the garter strip. To receive the toggle element 40, ahorizontal slit 44 is provided in the lower margin of the girdle, onesuch slit being provided for each garter.

In order to prevent the material of the girdle from tearing at the slit44, a suitable reinforcing patch 46 is mounted on the inner face of thegirdle wall, the slit 44 passing through the patch 46 as well as throughthe girdle wall. The length of the slit 44 is slightly greater than thewidth of the garter strip 42. The toggle element 40 may be thrustthrough the slit 44, whereupon it catches against the inner face of thewall of the girdle as indicated in Figure 19. In order to receive acrotch piece 50 having toggle elements 52 of metal or the like securedto the ends thereof as hereinbefore described and as indicated in Figure18, horizontal slits 54 are provided in the front and back walls of thegirdle. Each of these slits is reinforced by a patch 56 which isembedded in or secured permanently to the inner face of the girdle wall.The ends of the crotch piece 50 are detachably secured to the girdle inthe same manner as the upper ends of the garter strips 42 by thrustingthe toggles 52 through the respective slits 54 so that they engageagainst the inner faces of the girdle wall.

A form 60 on which girdles may be made by dipping in liquid latex isillustrated in Figure 14. This form has an upper portion which is offsetoutwardly to provide shoulders 62 at the front and back faces of theform. When the form is dipped, latex is held by surface tension in theangles formed by the shoulders so that a reinforcing bead of extrathickness is provided along the lower margin of the girdle in a mannerwell known in the art. According to the present invention, the upperportion 64 of the form is provided with shallow recesses 66 and 68having outlines corresponding to the contours of pendent accessoriessuch as a crotch piece and garter strips. For example, the recess 66 isshaped to correspond to the contour of a crotch piece. The recesses 68,two of which are on the front face of the form and two of which are onthe rear face, are shaped to form garter strips of suitable length andwidth. Before the form is dipped, patches 46 and 56 are adhesivelyapplied to the surface of the form so that when the form is dipped, thepatches will be covered by the successive films of latex which arepicked up by the form in the successive clippings. In order tofacilitate the application of patches to the form in the properpositions, the form preferably is provided with areas of distinguishingcolor where the pitches are to be applied or may be slightly recessedfor the same purpose. This facilitates rapid and accurate application ofpatches to the form prior to dipping. If preferred, the form may bedipped once or twice before the patches are applied, in which case thepatches will be embedded within the walls of the girdle.

I claim:

1. A girdle of deposited latex'having horizontal slits in the lowermargin of its front and back walls, the areas around said slits on theinner face of the girdle having means applied thereto for reinforcingsaid slits, pendent members each having a portion extending through oneof said reinforced slits, the width of each pendent member beingsubstantially equal to the length of one of said slits and toggleelements having slots therein for receiving one end of each of saidpendent members therethrough whereby the ends of said members willengage against one face of the girdle wall.

2. A girdle of deposited latex having horizontal slits in the lowermargins of its front and back walls, the areas around said slits beingreinforced, pendent members each having a portion extending through oneof said reinforced slits, the width of each pendent member beingsubstantially equal to the length of the slit through which it extends,and a toggle element secured to the upper end of each said pendentmember, each said toggle element having a face of substantial areabearing against a face of the girdle wall.

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